[Bug 1125514] Re: Wording fix for "Install software to open files?" window

[Matthew Paul Thomas]

Specification updated.
<https://wiki.ubuntu.com/SoftwarePackageOperations?action=diff&rev2=21&rev1=20>
<https://wiki.ubuntu.com/SoftwarePackageOperations?action=diff&rev2=23&rev1=22>
Sebastian, how does that look?

** Changed in: sessioninstaller (Ubuntu)
       Status: Confirmed => Triaged

** Changed in: sessioninstaller (Ubuntu)
     Assignee: Matthew Paul Thomas (mpt) => (unassigned)

** Description changed:

+ Ubuntu 12.04.
+ 
+ When opening an unknown file type, Nautilus will attempt to find and
+ install the needed software.
+ 
+ Currently, the window text is, "nautilus requires to install software to open files of the following file type: "
+ https://launchpadlibrarian.net/131265442/Screenshot%20from%202013-02-14%2011%3A51%3A02.png
+ 
  Logic of the mime type handler dialog isn't very good:
  
  * Doesn't handle the case in which we could not find a mime type handler at all
  * Doesn't handle unknown mime types
  
- --
- 
- I am using 12.04.
- 
- When opening an unknown file type, Nautilus will attempt to find and
- install the needed software.
- 
- Currently, the window text is, "nautilus requires to install software to
- open files of the following file type: "
- 
- I propose that we change the wording to
- 
- (1) Nautilus needs to install additional software to open this type of file:
- (2) Nautilus requires installing additional software to open these files:
- (3)  Nautilus requires installing additional software to open files of the following type:
- 
- or something similar.
- 
- I have attached a screenshot
+ <https://wiki.ubuntu.com/SoftwarePackageOperations#searching>: "When
+ asked to find an application to open an invalid filetype (e.g.
+ “unknown”), SessionInstaller should present an error alert, with primary
+ text ‘Ubuntu can’t search for applications to open “{filename}”, because
+ the file type is not recognized.’, and secondary text “File type: {file
+ type}”."

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Title:
  Wording fix for "Install software to open files?" window

Status in “sessioninstaller” package in Ubuntu:
  Triaged

Bug description:
  Ubuntu 12.04.

  When opening an unknown file type, Nautilus will attempt to find and
  install the needed software.

  Currently, the window text is, "nautilus requires to install software to open files of the following file type: "
  https://launchpadlibrarian.net/131265442/Screenshot%20from%202013-02-14%2011%3A51%3A02.png

  Logic of the mime type handler dialog isn't very good:

  * Doesn't handle the case in which we could not find a mime type handler at all
  * Doesn't handle unknown mime types

  <https://wiki.ubuntu.com/SoftwarePackageOperations#searching>: "When
  asked to find an application to open an invalid filetype (e.g.
  “unknown”), SessionInstaller should present an error alert, with
  primary text ‘Ubuntu can’t search for applications to open
  “{filename}”, because the file type is not recognized.’, and secondary
  text “File type: {file type}”."

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